Job 11

World English Bible 84 include this book

1 Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,

2 “Shouldn’t the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?

3 Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, will no man make you ashamed?

4 For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure. I am clean in your eyes.’

5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you,

6 that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.

7 “Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?

8 They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?

9 Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

10 If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?

11 For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn’t consider it.

12 An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.

13 “If you set your heart aright, stretch out your hands toward him.

14 If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Don’t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.

15 Surely then you will lift up your face without spot. Yes, you will be steadfast, and will not fear,

16 for you will forget your misery. You will remember it like waters that have passed away.

17 Life will be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it will be as the morning.

18 You will be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you will search, and will take your rest in safety.

19 Also you will lie down, and no one will make you afraid. Yes, many will court your favor.

20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail. They will have no way to flee. Their hope will be the giving up of the spirit.”

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2 places named in this book — no place is named in this chapter, so the whole book is shown.

Where this was written

Not known unknown No setting is given, and the book is deliberately placed outside Israel's history.

When this was written

Traditions differ. Each position is shown rather than one asserted as settled.

Traditional: 2000 BC–1800 BC Unknown
The patriarchal setting and absence of Israelite institutions have long suggested a very early origin.
Critical: 600 BC–400 BC Unknown
Language and the developed treatment of suffering point to the exilic or post-exilic period.

Elsewhere in the world

Events overlapping the period this book is dated to (2000 BC–400 BC).

2600 BC–1900 BC Indus Valley cities India
Harappa and Mohenjo-daro housed tens of thousands, with planned streets and drainage, and a script still undeciphered.
2055 BC–1650 BC Egyptian Middle Kingdom Egypt
Egypt reunified under Theban rule; large-scale irrigation works and the classical form of the Egyptian language date from this period.
1900 BC–1450 BC Minoan palace culture Greece
Crete supported a literate palace society trading across the Aegean long before mainland Greece.
1755 BC–1750 BC Code of Hammurabi Mesopotamia
Babylonian law code inscribed on a basalt stele, covering property, family and injury, and predating the Mosaic law codes.
1600 BC–1046 BC Shang dynasty oracle bones China
The earliest substantial Chinese writing, inscribed on bone and shell for divination.
1600 BC–1178 BC Hittite empire Anatolia
An Anatolian power rivalling Egypt, ended in the Bronze Age collapse.
1200 BC–1150 BC Late Bronze Age collapse Mediterranean
Within roughly two generations most eastern Mediterranean states fell; cities were destroyed, trade networks broke and literacy contracted sharply.
1200 BC–1000 BC Iron working spreads in the Levant Levant
Iron gradually displaced bronze for tools and weapons across the eastern Mediterranean.

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